Alex Trebek Dies at 80 years old

[Ravioli]

Having grown up with him on TV... RIP

• 1963–1964: Music Hop (CBC)
• 1964: Vacation Time – co-host (CBC)
• 1966–1970: CBC Championship Curling – announcer (CBC)
• 1966–1973: Reach for the Top (CBC)
• 1969: Barris & Company – co-host/announcer (pilot) (CBC)
• 1969: Strategy (CBC)
• 1971: Pick and Choose (CBC)
• 1972: Outside/Inside (CBC)
• 1973: TGIF – announcer (CBC)
• 1973: The Wizard of Odds (NBC)
• 1974–1976, 1978–1980: High Rollers (NBC)
• 1976–1977: Double Dare (CBS)
• 1976–1980: Stars on Ice (CTV)
• 1977–1978: The $128,000 Question
• 1980–1981: Wall $treet
• 1981–1982: Pitfall
• 1981–1983: Battlestars
• 1983: Malcolm (pilot)
• 1983: Starcade (pilot)
• 1984–2020: Jeopardy!
• 1985: Lucky Numbers (pilot)
• 1987: Second Guess (unsold pilot)
• 1987: VTV-Value Television – co-host with Meredith MacRae
• 1987–1991: Classic Concentration
• 1989–2013: The National Geographic Bee national finals
• 1990: Super Jeopardy!
• 1991: To Tell the Truth (1990–1991) – from February to May 1991
• 1993: The Red Badge of Courage/Heart of Courage – Canadian-produced show highlighting brave individuals
• 1996–1998: The Pillsbury Bake-Off
• 1997: Wheel of Fortune – April Fools' Day episode (also a substitute host in August 1980)
• 1999: Live from the Hollywood Bowl – annual live broadcast
• 2017: Game Changers – host and executive producer
• 2020: Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

 

[Tarheelpilot]

Yeah. He was a fixture around my house. One of the few tv shows my dad liked to watch. I remember one year he called me all cracked up because Alex and Pat from wheel of fortune swapped jobs for April fools.

 

[William Pete Hodges]

Don't forget the X-Files with Charles Nelson Reilly. RIP Alex!

 

[frfly172]

Another institution gone RIP

 

[flhrci]

Wow! This is the first I heard of it. RIP Alex!

 

[Larry in TN]

Ironic that he dies just a few days after Sean Connery.

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Yeah, no scandal, nice guy, good long run, but not the way to go.

 

[Tantalum]

Damn.. he was one of the good ones. Poor guy

 

[steingar]

What is: pancreatic cancer? RIP

 

[GRG55]

Having grown up with him on TV... RIP

• 1963–1964: Music Hop (CBC)
• 1964: Vacation Time – co-host (CBC)
• 1966–1970: CBC Championship Curling – announcer (CBC)
• 1966–1973: Reach for the Top (CBC)
• 1969: Barris & Company – co-host/announcer (pilot) (CBC)
• 1969: Strategy (CBC)
• 1971: Pick and Choose (CBC)
• 1972: Outside/Inside (CBC)
• 1973: TGIF – announcer (CBC)
• 1973: The Wizard of Odds (NBC)
• 1974–1976, 1978–1980: High Rollers (NBC)
• 1976–1977: Double Dare (CBS)
• 1976–1980: Stars on Ice (CTV)
• 1977–1978: The $128,000 Question
• 1980–1981: Wall $treet
• 1981–1982: Pitfall
• 1981–1983: Battlestars
• 1983: Malcolm (pilot)
• 1983: Starcade (pilot)
• 1984–2020: Jeopardy!
• 1985: Lucky Numbers (pilot)
• 1987: Second Guess (unsold pilot)
• 1987: VTV-Value Television – co-host with Meredith MacRae
• 1987–1991: Classic Concentration
• 1989–2013: The National Geographic Bee national finals
• 1990: Super Jeopardy!
• 1991: To Tell the Truth (1990–1991) – from February to May 1991
• 1993: The Red Badge of Courage/Heart of Courage – Canadian-produced show highlighting brave individuals
• 1996–1998: The Pillsbury Bake-Off
• 1997: Wheel of Fortune – April Fools' Day episode (also a substitute host in August 1980)
• 1999: Live from the Hollywood Bowl – annual live broadcast
• 2017: Game Changers – host and executive producer
• 2020: Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

How'd you get all those Canadian productions when you don't have an iPad in the airplane?

 

[RyanB]

Awh! I hate to hear this!

 

[smv]

Yeah. He was a fixture around my house. One of the few tv shows my dad liked to watch. I remember one year he called me all cracked up because Alex and Pat from wheel of fortune swapped jobs for April fools.

This is Jeopardy!

What are the three most frightening words to a "Wheel of Fortune" fan?



(Edited to meet the format requirements)

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

 

[Tom-D]

Awh! I hate to hear this!

Me too, I'm 80

 

[steingar]

Pancreatic cancer is a killer, got RBG and Steve Jobs as well. Jeopardy existed before Trebeck, my hope is it continues without him.

 

[jsstevens]

My uncle died of pancreatic cancer. By the time he noticed the growth (from the feel of it) it was inoperable. That's apparently very common with pancreatic cancer.

What is "a class act"? Alex.

 

[flyingron]

Trebek was the host for the modern version of Jeopardy. The previous incarnation of it lasted from 1964 to 1975, hosted by Art Fleming. Art Fleming died of pancreatic cancer as well but two decades after his version of the show went off the air. He was asked by producer Merv griffin to come back for the later version, but he declined which led to Trebek being chosen.

 

[luvflyin]

Having grown up with him on TV... RIP

• 1963–1964: Music Hop (CBC)
• 1964: Vacation Time – co-host (CBC)
• 1966–1970: CBC Championship Curling – announcer (CBC)
• 1966–1973: Reach for the Top (CBC)
• 1969: Barris & Company – co-host/announcer (pilot) (CBC)
• 1969: Strategy (CBC)
• 1971: Pick and Choose (CBC)
• 1972: Outside/Inside (CBC)
• 1973: TGIF – announcer (CBC)
• 1973: The Wizard of Odds (NBC)
• 1974–1976, 1978–1980: High Rollers (NBC)
• 1976–1977: Double Dare (CBS)
• 1976–1980: Stars on Ice (CTV)
• 1977–1978: The $128,000 Question
• 1980–1981: Wall $treet
• 1981–1982: Pitfall
• 1981–1983: Battlestars
• 1983: Malcolm (pilot)
• 1983: Starcade (pilot)
• 1984–2020: Jeopardy!
• 1985: Lucky Numbers (pilot)
• 1987: Second Guess (unsold pilot)
• 1987: VTV-Value Television – co-host with Meredith MacRae
• 1987–1991: Classic Concentration
• 1989–2013: The National Geographic Bee national finals
• 1990: Super Jeopardy!
• 1991: To Tell the Truth (1990–1991) – from February to May 1991
• 1993: The Red Badge of Courage/Heart of Courage – Canadian-produced show highlighting brave individuals
• 1996–1998: The Pillsbury Bake-Off
• 1997: Wheel of Fortune – April Fools' Day episode (also a substitute host in August 1980)
• 1999: Live from the Hollywood Bowl – annual live broadcast
• 2017: Game Changers – host and executive producer
• 2020: Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time

And more https://ew.com/tv/alex-trebek-tv-movie-appearances/

 

[Ghery]

Pancreatic cancer is also what killed my dad. Surgery, chemo and radiation, he died about 18 months after he was diagnosed. He was 82 when he passed away. I'll always miss him, and I'll miss Alex Trebek as well. RIP.

 

[CharlieD3]

So sorry to hear this....